When you find a good spatial audio song, Sonos’ new speaker can blow your mind and sounds like nothing else. But it trails the Sonos Five at stereo playback and suffers from the wildly inconsistent ...

Digital pianists and producers have long battled latency and clunky instrument workflows, but BandLab’s April and May 2026 updates are changing the game. With the Sonar 2026.04 release and subsequent ...

Ever since Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville first warbled "Clair de Lune" onto a wax cylinder, purveyors of sound technology and recorded music have been trying to replicate the full listening ...

A selection of premium audio and video products — including Hisense’s first RGB Mini LED TV, Naim’s flagship amplifier, and Sony’s new open-back gaming headset — is being evaluated for their potential ...

The Dynamic Spatial Audio demo itself was simple — a quick minute and a half to show what companies can do — but it’s enough to convince that Qualcomm means business and is able to compete with the ...

I tried out the new head tracking Spatial Audio feature of the Pixel Buds Pro, and came away impressed yet confused. In theory, this is meant to make your favorite media — movies, games, TV, and ...

I put the Google Pixel Buds Pro in my ears, pick a YouTube video with spatial audio, leave the phone on the desk in front of me, and roll away on my revolving desk chair. I let go and start spinning.

3D video, binaural sound, the MP3 format – countless technologies have relished a figurative fifteen minutes of fame before being left to rot in the tech graveyard. While it’s too early to write its ...

The world of sound technology is evolving, and spatial audio is at the forefront of this transformation. By recreating the natural environment’s auditory experience, spatial audio opens up a world of ...

The OnePlus Buds Pro 2 Bluetooth earbuds are among a half-dozen gadgets OnePlus launched at its Cloud 11 event. These earbuds intend to elevate your sound experience with a rich and highly ...

Apple recently invited CNET's Patrick Holland to tour its specialized laboratories in Cupertino where company engineers test and calibrate the iPhone 16's audio and video capabilities. Holland's visit ...